Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Building Regulations

Lord Best: To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the conclusion of Workstream 10 of their Technical review of Approved Document B, relating to property protection.

Baroness Scott of Bybrook: The report will be published in due course.

Attorney General

Rape: Offences against the Administration of Justice

Lord Dobbs: To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions for making false rape allegations were brought in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

Lord Stewart of Dirleton: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds no data showing the number of prosecutions for making false allegations of rape. The CPS has strict guidance for charging perverting the court of justice and wasting police time in cases involving allegedly false allegations of rape and/or domestic abuse. The guidance makes clear that prosecutions for these offences will be extremely rare and by their very nature they will be complex and require sensitive handling.